FKIE_CVE-2026-42780

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-13 16:16 - Updated: 2026-06-23 13:58
Severity
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
A directory traversal vulnerability exists in BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator that allows an authenticated attacker with high privilege to overwrite, delete or corrupt arbitrary local files.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
References
f5sirt@f5.comhttps://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000149743Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
f5 big-ip_ssl_orchestrator *
f5 big-ip_ssl_orchestrator *
f5 big-ip_ssl_orchestrator 21.0.0
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